EPL: Manchester United vs Blackburn Rovers - 31st March
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EPL: Manchester United vs Blackburn Rovers
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-- 31st March, Saturday
-- 9.55pm – 12am
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must win
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this is one tricky match... especially after coming back form international fixtures. the players somehow show some slackness.. hope we can breeze through this one with ease.. then its JUST 4 MATCHES MORE TO GO..provided we still maintain the high goal difference
GO GO GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Not 4 matches... Including this 6 more matches... But this is not going to be an easy match cos most of their players were travelling and playing while most of Blackburn's players had a good rest.
Anyway, Blackburn already is a very good team so even without the extra advantage, they were still not going to be easy.
Lets hope they manager to get the 3 points of Blackburn.
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Juz tahan... TAHAN.. the feeling of the title so near yet so far is like constipation when u have food poisoning.
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Oh man... Look at Man utd's fixtures for April... To think they have a very important away Champions League match on wed... Like this i belief Fergie will not put out the first team this sat against Blackburn... Giggs and Ronaldo will be rested while Rooney maybe... Players like Richardson & Park may be their wingers this weekend...
Hope they can perform when call upon.
Good thing Scholes will be back for this along with Carrick (Hope he won't play for England tomorrow)
-- April 07 --
UEFA Champions League
April 4 - Wednesday
Roma : Man Utd
English Premier League
April 7 - Saturday
Portsmouth v Man Utd
UEFA Champions League
April 10 - Tuesday
Man Utd : Roma
FA Cup Semi-Final
April 14 - Saturday (Villa Park)
Watford v Man Utd
English Premier League
April 17 - Tuesday
Man Utd v Sheff Utd
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April 21 - Saturday
Man Utd v Middlesbrough
English Premier League
April 28 - Saturday
Everton v Man Utd -
chelski could slip....
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most senior players will be back
and we will have another fresh pair of legs, who is paul scholes. he will be able to play for this match after serving his 3 match ban -
Ya, i see a cloner B!tch is back, barking here! ...just rite on top of my post!
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That coming from you is just plain ironic.Originally posted by superstrongnlong:Ya, i see a cloner B!tch is back, barking here! ...just rite on top of my post! -
SAF is thinking of resting Rooney..
wow, I think Rio is playing up front... -
+1Originally posted by superstrongnlong:Ya, i see a cloner B!tch is back, barking here! ...just rite on top of my post!
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McCarthy dreams of double
Blackburn striker Benni McCarthy is hoping to beat United twice before the season ends - in the Premiership this Saturday and again in the FA Cup final.
The Reds take on Mark Hughes' side at Old Trafford as United get back to league duties following the international break. And McCarthy is looking forward to what he hopes will be the first of two matches against the team he supported as a boy before the end of the season.
"I think United will win the league this year," he told United Review. "Playing them at Old Trafford is about as difficult as it gets in the Premiership. But Blackburn have done well against United under Mark Hughes so weÂ’ll look to continue that."
The second meeting would be in the FA Cup final at Wembley. The South African international scored the decisive goal when Rovers upset Arsenal in the fifth round. Now he wants to complete Blackburn's cup quest by conquering two of his manager's (and boyhood idol) Hughes' old clubs, Chelsea and then United.
"Everybody is excited about the semi-final," admits McCarthy. "It doesn't matter that we'll face Chelsea, we're playing to win. We know it will be tough, but it's a one-off game and we're genuinely confident of reaching Wembley. We knocked Arsenal out and have enjoyed a really good run in the Cup.
"When I was a kid in South Africa, I always dreamed of playing in an FA Cup final at Wembley. Now that the stadium is open it could come true - and it might be against Manchester United. I've always said that dreams can come true..." -
bring it on! mccarthy
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Manchester United v Blackburn
Mark Hughes comes up against his old boss Sir Alex Ferguson as Blackburn Rovers look to put a dent in Manchester United's title bid.
United have lost only one Barclays Premiership match against Blackburn Rovers at Old Trafford in 12 meetings, although that defeat came last season as Blackburn enjoyed a memorable double over their north-west neighbours, which included a David Bentley hat-trick at Ewood Park. United, though, are in ominous form as they chase the title, scoring 17 goals on their way to winning six straight league games.
Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney, with 28 Barclays Premiership goals between them this campaign, are the obvious danger-men in a fixture that could potentially be a preview of the first FA Cup final at Wembley.
Blackburn winger David Bentley is suspended for the match after his red card at West Ham two weeks ago. Aaron Mokoena is available following his one-game ban and Ryan Nelsen is set to return after missing the Hammers game with a hamstring injury.
Manchester United: Van der Sar, Kuszczak, O'Shea, Brown, Ferdinand, Vidic, Heinze, Ronaldo, Park, Scholes, Carrick, Giggs, Richardson, Rooney, Saha, Solskjaer, Smith, Dong.
Blackburn : Friedel, Emerton, Henchoz, Khizanishvili, Nelsen, Samba, Warnock, Berner, Mokoena, Tugay, Dunn, Pedersen, McCarthy, Roberts, Nonda, Brown, Derbyshire, Gallagher.
REFEREE
Chris Foy (St Helens, Merseyside)
LAST SEASON'S CORRESPONDING GAME
Manchester United 1-2 Blackburn Rovers
24 September 2005 - Ref: Phil Dowd
Man United scorer: Van Nistelrooy 67
Blackburn scorers: Pedersen 33, 81
THIS SEASON'S REVERSE FIXTURE
Blackburn Rovers 0-1 Manchester United
11 November 2006 - Ref: Mike Riley
Man Utd scorer: Saha 64
HEAD TO HEAD TOTALS
at Man Utd only
League: Man United 23 wins, Blackburn 9, Draws 11
Prem: Man United 8 wins, Blackburn 1, Draws 3 -
It would make for an interesting setting for the FA Cup Semi should Blackburn win this weekend. It'd really make the title run go to the wire as well.
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I think the final score should read: United 2-0 Rovers.
Cheers.
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i say they win 2-0 too.
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ManUtd champion la.
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I knew it..its going to be hard on Man Utd..
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Carrick scores!!!
Utd 2 - 1 Blackburn!! -
lolOriginally posted by lpx88:I knew it..its going to be hard on Man Utd..
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3-1
Park scores rebound off Ronaldo's free kick -
Solskjaer 4-0
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Yay!!! 4 - 1 to Man utd...
Vidic out with broken collarbone...
Manchester United could be without central defender Nemanja Vidic for the rest of the season after he broke his collarbone against Blackburn Rovers. Vidic, 25, was injured when he landed awkwardly on his shoulder during Saturday's match at Old Trafford.
He was stretchered off after lengthy treatment which held up the match. United are already without fellow defender Mikael Silvestre after he dislocated a shoulder in a Champions League match against Lille.